REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1914 165 



Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae about as long as the body, 

 rather thickly white haired, light brown, yellowish basally; 23 

 segments, the fifth with a stem as long as the subcylindric basal 

 enlargement, which latter has a length three-fourths greater than 

 its diameter; terminal segment prolonged, conical. Palpi; the first 

 segment rather prolonged, incrassate, the second twice the length 

 of the first, stout, the third twice the length of the second, slender, 

 the fourth one-fourth longer than the third, more slender. Face pale 

 yellowish. Mesonotum rather dark brown, the posterior median area 

 yellowish, submedian lines narrow, distinct, yellowish, ornamented 

 with coarse setae. Scutellum pale orange 

 yellow with sparse apical setae, post- 

 scutellum pale orange yellow. Abdomen 

 somewhat variable orange yellow, geni- 

 talia slightly fuscous. Wings (Plate 4, 

 figure 7) hyaline, costa light brown. 

 Halteres yellowish at the base, pale fuscous 

 along the stem and whitish fuscous 

 apically. Coxae pale yellowish orange, Fig. 22 Asynapta cerasi; 

 Legs a rather dark straw brown, lighter la > e , ral view ° claw and ta P 

 ventrally; claws stout, evenly curved, of } ast i tarsal ^ men ^ of 

 unidentate. Genitalia (Plate 7, figure 3) ; male ' enlar S ed (on S mal) 

 basal clasp segment stout, truncate; terminal clasp segment 

 short, stout, with a heavy series of teeth. Dorsal plate broad, 

 apparently divided, the lobes stout, diverging at the distal third, 

 broadly rounded; minor lobes apparently divided, the distal third 

 tapering to a subacute setose apex. Harpes short, stout, strongly 

 chitinized and very irregular, the style short, narrow, heavily chit- 

 inized, extending anteriorly. Type Cecid. 236. 



Asynapta canadensis Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 421 



The species was received from the Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology through the courtesy of Samuel Henshaw and bore a blue 

 label marked as follows: " # 201, Can. Belanger." 



Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae longer than the body, thickly 

 haired, fuscous yellowish, yellowish basally; 23 segments, the fifth 

 with a stem as long as the cylindric basal enlargement, which latter 

 has a length twice its diameter. Palpi; first segment short, stout, 

 the second narrowly oval, with a length three and one-half times 

 its diameter, the third about twice the length of the second, slender, 

 the fourth one-half longer than the third, slender. Face yellowish. 

 Mesonotum reddish brown, the submedian lines yellowish. Scutellum 

 and postscutellum yellowish. Abdomen rather thickly haired, 

 light brown; genitalia fuscous brown. Wings hyaline, costa light 

 straw. Halteres yellowish transparent. Coxae, femora and tibiae 

 light brown, tarsi a little darker; claws long, stout, evenly curved, 

 unidentate, the pul villi as long as the claws. Genitalia; basal 

 clasp segment stout, obliquely truncate; terminal clasp segment 



